This vacation season Lupita Nyong’o is grateful she has discovered somebody she clicks with. On Friday, the “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” star debuted her relationship with sports activities commentator and tv host Selema Masekela on Instagram. Each she and Masekela made issues Instagram official by sharing the identical video to their respective accounts.
Within the video, Nyong’o and Masekela are snapping their fingers in time to “The King’s Affirmation” by Iniko and Reuel Williams. Every time they snap, their outfits change — however they continue to be coordinated and in sync all through. The “Us” star captioned her post, “We simply click on! ?” alongside “#thisismylove” and “#nuffsaid.” In the meantime, on his grid, Masekela captioned his post, “Hearts are synched. My complete and precise love @lupitanyongo. ❤️❤️❤️.”
The brand new couple’s well-known buddies had been fast to supply their congratulations within the feedback. Tina Knowles-Lawson commented, “You guys look in sync ❤️❤️like it❤️.” Janelle Monáe added, “Obsessed ??.” In the meantime, Kehlani commented on Masekela’s publish, “woooooowwwww i LOVE THISSSSSSS BROOOO.”
Seeing Nyong’o share her new relationship with the world is an enormous deal for the actor’s followers. Up to now, she’s shied away from discussing her relationship life. Though she did shut down rumors that she was relationship her “Black Panther” costar Michael B. Jordan in 2019. “It is flattering on the finish of the day,” she advised Entertainment Tonight of the rumors. “I feel it is such a uncommon factor to seek out individuals you have got good chemistry with and too for us to seek out one another as actors and get to work collectively, it makes the work richer that we actually take pleasure in one another’s firm on and off display screen.”
In 2019, Nyong’o opened as much as Vogue UK about why she most well-liked to maintain the concentrate on her work, not her non-public life. “Privateness is a commodity that’s arduous to come back by,” she stated. “Filming is so time-consuming. And intense. With ‘Black Panther,’ lots of us had been single. On ‘Little Monsters,’ no person was single. Everybody, once they’re performed with their day’s work, needs to go house to their households, which makes an entire lot of sense. When you do not have that it’s totally isolating.”
Whereas it is unclear how lengthy Nyong’o and Masekela have been relationship, the truth that the actor is snug sharing her relationship along with her followers speaks volumes about this new movie star couple.
